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A. F. GONNER & G. L. WILLETT. SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED rmmv, 1914.

1,133,935. Patented Mar.30,1915.

WITH/E8858: INVE/VTUHS ibner/T Gunner r 5 CO. PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON. D C.

ABNER r. CONNER AND GUY L. WILLETT,

OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS TO THOS. CUSACK 00., .A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SIGN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Application filed February 17, 1914. Serial No. 819,191.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ABNER F. CoNNER and GUY L. WILLETT, citizens of the United States, and residents of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Sign; and .we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts. I

The object of this invention is to causean illuminated advertising device or sign to sparkle or scintilate like a diamond, with a large number of surfaces corresponding in a general way with the facets of a diamond, for reflecting light and in combining with said reflecting surfaces suitably located electric lamps preferably of various colors for directing rays of light of various colors against the reflecting surfaces. While there is shown herein four series of reflecting surfaces, the invention is not limited to any particular number thereof.

Another feature of the invention is placing the lamps in said casing under the refleeting surfaces so that they are not directly visible and so that the sign will cast one reflected light.

The nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa front elevation of the sign. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the first place a suitable cylindrical casing is formed with aback 10, a peripheral wall 11. and a front annular flange-like rim 12. This rim is narrow so that the major portion of the casing is open in front. In the center of the casing there is secured to the back 10 thereof a hexagonal pyramid 15 made of glass or brightly polished metal and having six triangular reflecting surfaces extending from the apex to the base plate 16 which is secured to the back 10 of the casing and is hexagonal. The pyramid 15 need not extend beyond the front of the easing. At each base corner of the pyramid there is a post 17 secured to the back 10 of the casing and 23 maybe made of and projecting to a point flush with the front of the casing. Therefore, there are six of these posts and upon each pair of them there is a triangular deflecting plate 20, with each base corner of said deflecting plate secured upon the post and the apex thereof projecting at an inclination downward into the casing and secured to the back 10 of the box. Hence, each post 17 supports one corner of two of the deflecting plates20. Therefore, as shown in Fig. 1, there are six of these deflecting plates20. On each side of each deflecting plate 20'there is secured a. double deflecting plate, each surface 22 and 23 thereof being approximately triangular and meeting and forming a depression between them. In other words, the outer edge of the plate forming the surfaces 22 and 23 is secured to the ront rim 12 of the casing and the apex extending inward to the bottom of the post 17 and secured to a plate 24 which is fastened to the back 10 0f the easing, as shown in Fig. 2. Each surface 22 and 23 has two inclinations, one inward and downward from the front outer part of the casing toward the back and center thereof and the other inclination inward and downward to a diametric line through the device so that the two surfaces 22 and 23 are inclilped'downwa'rdly toward and facing each ot er.

The various reflecting surfaces 15, 20, 22 glass or bright In the form' shown there are two lamps 30 and 31 secured to the back 10 of the casing beneath the wider end of the refleeting plates 20 and these may be of diiferent colors or there may be but one of them and they cast their light against one surface of the pyramid 15 and the nearest surface 22 on one side of the lamp or lamps and the nearest surface 23 on the other side of the lamp or lamps. Hence, these lamps cause light to be reflected from three different surfaces and these'lights are obstructed from sending direct rays outwardly because they are located under or behind the plates 20, but these plates do not interfere materially with the light from these lamps shining on the surfaces 22 and 23.

Under the outer corner of a plate 22 which is next to the apex of a plate 20 there is a lamp 32 secured on the back of the casing in a hidden position and there is also a lamp 33 on the opposite side of the apex of the late 20 under the adjacent corner of the plate 23. Both of these lamps direct their rays against the plate 20 and some light will pass from the lamp 32 across the plate 20 to the next surface 22 on the other side and likewise the lamp'33 will shine across a part of plate 20 to the surface 23 on the other side. Consequently each of these lamps 32 and 33 shine on two surfaces, one of them on the surfaces 20 and 22 and the other on the surfaces 20 and 23.

The invention claimed is:

1. An illuminating advertising device consisting of a casing, a pyramid therein having a number of flat reflecting surfaces, reflecting surfaces inclined in an opposite direction to the adjacent inclined surfaces of the-pyramid, and-obscured lamps placed between said two series of reflecting surfaces.

2. An illuminating advertising device consisting of a casing, a pyramidtherein having a number of flat reflecting surfaces, reflecting surfaces inclined in an opposite direction to the adjacent inclined surfaces of the pyramid, lamps placed between said two series of reflecting surfaces, and a plate in front of each lamp for obscuring the same.

3. An illuminating advertising device consisting of a casing, a pyramid therein having a number of fiat reflecting surfaces, a reflecting surface opposite each reflecting surface on the pyramid and oppositely inclined, a lamp between each reflecting surface of the pyramid and its corresponding reflecting surface, and a plate in front of each lamp for obscuring the same.

4:. An illuminating advertising device consisting of a casing, a pyramid therein having a number of flat reflecting surfaces, lamps secured in said casing in position for at least one lamp to shine directly upon each reflecting surface of said pyramid, a plate in front of eachlamp to obstruct the same, and a series ofreflecting plates surrounding said pyramid and with reflecting surfaces inclined oppositely to the adjacent reflecting surfaces on said pyramid andin position to receive light directly from said lamps.

'5. An illuminating advertising device consisting of a casing, a pyramid therein having a number of flat reflecting surfaces, lamps secured in said casing in position for at least one lamp to shine directly upon each reflecting surface of said pyramid, a plate in front of each lamp to obstruct the same, and plates on each side of said lamps inclined oppositely to the inclined adjacent surfaces of said pyramid and in position to receive light directly from said lamps.

' positely' to 6. An illuminating advertising device consisting of a casing, a pyramid therein having a number of flat reflecting surfaces, lamps secured in said casing in position for at least one "lamp to shine directly'upon each reflecting surface of said pyramid, a plate on each side of said lamps and inclined opthe adjacent surfaces of said pyramid and with reflecting surfaces in pos'ition to receive light directly from said lamps, plates in front of each of said lamps and inclined outwardly substantially parallel with corresponding, surfaces of said pyramid, and lamps behind each of said first-mentioned plates surrounding the pyramid in position to shine upon the reflecting surfaces of the second series of plates surrounding the pyramid.-

7. An illuminating advertising device consisting of a casing, a plurality of triangular reflecting plates-arranged with inclinations at right angles to each other, the plates of different inclinations alternating with each other, and a lamp under each plate adapted to shine upon the adjacent plates of the otherseries of plates.

8. An illuminatin advertising device consisting of a casing liaving a clrcular front opening, a central pyramid in said casing with a plurality of facet-like reflecting surfaces, a series of plates extending in from the rim of said casing and tapering toward said pyramid, a lamp in said casing between the pyramid and said surrounding series of plates and adapted to shine clined surfaces, and means in front of each lamp for concealing the same.

9. An illuminating advertising device consisting amid with a plurality of facet-like reflecting surfaces, plates extending from each of a circular casing, a central "pyrupon the mr corner of said pyramid forward to the front part of the casing and inclined opposite the inclination of the surfaces of the pyramid, and the adjacent surfaces of the surrounding plates being inclined inwardly until they meet each other, lamps surrounding saidpyramid in position to shine on the pyramid and on said plates, and means in front of each of said lamps for concealing the same. 10. An illuminating advertising .device consisting of a circular casing, a central pyramid with a plurality of facet-like reflecting surfaces, plates extending from each corner of said pyramid forward to the front part of the casing and inclined opposite the inclination of the surfaces of the pyramid and the adjacent surfaces of the surrounding plates being inclinedinwardly until they meet each other, lamps surrounding said pyramid in position to shine on the pyramid and on said plates, a triangular plate in front of each of said lamps and tapering and inclined outwardly so as to be parallel with the adjacent surfaces of the pyramid, aflixed our signatures in the presence of the and lamps under the outer series of plates Witnesses herein named.

arranged so that each of said lamps will ABNER F. CONNER. shine upon one of the inner series of plates GUY L. WILLETT. and upon one of the reflecting surfaces of Witnesses: said outer series of plates. J. H. WELLS,

Witness whereof, We have hereunto O. M. MCLAUGHLIN.

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